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This waterproof sex toy has been designed by San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of fuseproject for sex toy brand JimmyJane. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Frankfurt designer Kai Linke has created a series of vases and side tables by sand-blasting timber to enhance the texture of the grain then casting the resulting shapes in ceramic. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: during the London Design Festival Dezeen and champagne brand Veuve Clicquot have teamed up to present London tastemakers reading excerpts from their favourite books in the Once Upon A Dream bed designed by Mathieu Lehanneur. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designers JamesPlumb have installed an antique church pew to create an aged interior for menswear brand Hostem’s new shop in Shoreditch, London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London design brand Hulger has launched Plumen, a product it describes as “the world’s first designer low-energy light bulb”. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Gagosian are to open a new gallery in Paris, designed by London studio Caruso St. John and Paris architect Jean-Francois Bodin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Israeli designer Itay Laniado has created a range of stainless steel garden tools with oak handles wrapped in red thread. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another project using old carpets (see our earlier post on a chair made of rolled-up carpet), this time handbags by Spanish initiative Maam Project, manufactured by prisoners. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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French designer Philippe Starck has completed the renovation of a former wine cellar in Bilbao to create a new culture and leisure centre for the city. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Finnish Lahti University of Applied Sciences students Arttu Kuisma and Janne Melajoki have rolled up 250 square-metres of recycled carpet to create this multicoloured chair. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a collection of tableware for Italian brand Alessi. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These bird and bug boxes have been installed by art and architecture collective London Fieldworks around trees across London in clusters inspired by neighbouring housing. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen have teamed up with Brands, UK distributors for Emeco, to offer our readers the chance to win one of three Emeco 111 Navy Chairs made of recycled plastic bottles to celebrate the chair’s UK launch during the London Design Festival. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Roger Arquer has designed this vase with a funnel protruding from the side so that the water to be changed without removing the flowers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: two enormous girders slice through the Arsenale exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale thanks to Madrid architect Antón García-Abril of Ensamble Studio. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This winery by Hungarian architects Plant sits at the foot of a volcanic hill in Hungary and is clad in concrete panels indented with the pattern of grapevines. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Philippe Starck, Aldo Spinelli and Carlo Colombo (above) are among the latest designers to create pieces for Riva 1920 made of reclaimed oak mooring posts from the Venetian lagoon. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house with a pool on its first-floor terrace is by Japanese firm NRM-Architects Office and overlooks a stream in Hyougo, Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese studio Nendo will present a collection of black wire furniture with Phillips de Pury & Company at the Saatchi Gallery in London later this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This pair of pavilions by Dutch studio Hansteerds Architectuur mark the entrance to a cemetery in the city of Blankenberge, Belgium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chinese architects NHDRO have transformed this disused Japanese army headquarters in Shanghai into a hotel, maintaining the building’s stripped concrete and brick walls while adding a new Corten steel extension on the roof. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen have teamed up with CABE to launch a photography competition inviting readers to capture the beauty of England’s urban environment for the chance to win a Holga camera. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

26 designers including Tord Boontje, Timorous Beasties and Michael Eden (above) will show work marrying craftsmanship with digital technology at Tent London later this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from Dezeenjobs, including positions with Studio Greg Lynn in Vienna, architects UNStudio in Shanghai and Amsterdam, furniture brand Vitsoe and designers Cinimod Studio in London. This is also the last chance to apply to work with architects Studio Octopi, Established & Sons and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article